Silva reiterated his criticism of the city council and staff Wednesday morning. "I think to bring peace to this city we need a new city manager and we also need a city council that won't blindly support any city staff," Silva said. "We don't need a bunch of robots here, we need people to actually represent the residents of Stockton."

People who attended the council meeting said they were shocked by what they heard and what they saw on Tuesday.

Councilmember Michael Tubbs said "the mayor's comments were grossly inappropriate. Saying he doesn't trust the staff that works to executive the vision he sets for the city is absurd to me, but I also can't control what he says."

Despite the back and forth in the city chambers, city council members voted Tuesday night to put the tax increase on the November ballot.

Those in attendance said the fighting is out of control, and personal attacks need to stop to move Stockton forward.

In November, Stockton residents will decide if they want to go ahead and approve the 3/4-cent sales tax increase that would be used to hire 120 police officers and help Stockton pay down its bankruptcy debt.

The council needed a unanimous vote, but before they voted, Silva said he was embarrassed and disgusted with the arrogance that surrounds City Hall.

If the sales tax increase is approved on the November ballot, the sales tax would be 9 percent.

It would generate $28 million a year and go into effect in January.

"Technically, we haven't showed a record of good financial record keeping, however, this is the only revenue I see on the horizon, that can help the city right now so it's really a matter of does the public trust the city enough to put it on the ballot," Silva said.

"I'm not going to stand in the way of that, I promised them more cops this is a way to get more cops."

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